After the shooting, which occurred the night of July 2, police said Rakeem Nance pointed a gun at officers who were pursuing him through an alley in the 1900 block of South Christiana Avenue. One of the officers fired at Nance, hitting him. He died at a local hospital a short time later.

According to the lawsuit Nance, of the 1900 block of South Troy Street, was shot several times in the back and "was not armed with a gun or weapon of any type" at the time of the shooting.

Nance "did not pose a threat to any of the defendants, including the unknown Chicago police officers, or a threat to himself or other citizens," the suit reads.

Police said at the time that a gun was found at the scene.

They said that at about 9:15 p.m. July 2 officers from the police mobile strike team were patrolling the area when they saw three people run across a vacant lot in the 1900 block of South Spaulding Avenue. One of them was wearing a mask and holding a gun, police said.

Investigators said the three had just committed a home invasion on the same block.

The officers chased them but the two others ran off in different directions and got away, police said. Police continued to pursue Nance, and the officer chasing after him ordered Nance several times to drop his weapon, according to police.

The teen was running through an alley in the 1900 block of South Christiana Avenue and pointed his gun at an officer in front of him when he was shot by the officer who was chasing him, Police Supt. Jody Weis said after the shooting.

The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates all police-involved shootings, has not yet released results of its investigation.

The suit was filed for Doris Burford as special administrator of Nance's estate, by the law firm Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery L.L.C.